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Bette Midler says women should ‘refuse to have sex with men’ to protest Texas abortion law
The new Texas law has made abortions illegal from six weeks after conception - which is often well before many women even know they are pregnant.
The Golden Globe winner recently took to Twitter and offered one approach to protesting Senate Bill 8, a strict and controversial law that bans most abortions. It was passed through the Texas legislature in May and took effect on Wednesday.
"I suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed the right to choose by Congress," the 75-year-old tweeted.
The tweet is one of several Midler has made recently targeting the Republican Party over the new Texas abortion law, which the US Supreme Court refused to strike down.
"The cruelty of the GOP is endless," she tweeted earlier. "We are suffering COVID-19, hurricanes, apocalyptic flooding, wildfires from hell, joblessness, homelessness, evictions, racial strife, and they pick this hideous time to pile on yet another shock to women, by taking away their right to choose."